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In the old days when people used to go to a record store, buy a recording, then take it home and have a couple of
This 11-disc set from the Italian chamber ensemble Il Giardino
Biber’s 12 string sonatas titled Fidicinium Sacro-Profanum (Sacred and Profane fiddle music) are relatively unassuming works designed to be performed during church services. They are
What a thrill it must have been to attend this 1973 Concentus musicus concert, and after many LP incarnations, what a joy it is to
Biber’s Mensa Sonora (“Sonorous Table”) doesn’t get as much play as some of his more virtuosic violin works, but it contains splendid music nonetheless. By
Rachel Barton Pine makes a very important point in the liner notes to this CD. After briefly explaining how she came to appreciate and study
The music on this disc is about sonority, about the brilliance of trumpets and strings in a live, reverberant acoustic such as that of Salzburg
Dare I say that this must be Andrew Manze’s best disc so far? In a catalog that includes his unsurpassed, standard-setting performances of sonatas by
Biber’s Mystery Sonatas offer a feast of violinistic challenges, from the different tunings required in each of the 16 works, to exposed, virtuosic writing that
Anyone who cares about Biber’s extraordinary instrumental music (and to hear it is to love it) probably owns this set already. It has received raves
